PreK

PRE-KINDERGARTEN (4-YEAR OLDS) 

Overview
The Pre-Kindergarten Program allows for social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth, providing children with a developmentally appropriate experience. These experiences are achieved through the exploration and manipulation of math, language, science, art, and religious activities.

• how to recite prayers and The Sign of the Cross
• about God's love and how we are special gifts from God
• how to thank God for his great gifts (family, friends, our earth, animals, and plants)
• celebrating religious holidays

• work and play with others, sharing and taking turns
• enhance self-esteem and self-control
• try new activities and experiences
• encourage respect for others and classroom materials
• work independently and participate in groups
• practice paying attention in a class setting
• learn the importance of following rules and making good choices

• practice following simple and multi-step directions
• listen and communicate with others
• listen to a wide-variety of stories, poems, and finger-plays
• develop a wider vocabulary
• recognize and print first name
• develop visual and auditory discrimination through books
• begin to identify letters and sounds
• practice writing skills
• develop sequential order of events through stories and dramatic play

• counting, sorting, sequencing, and graphing
• creating and repeating patterns
• showing one-to-one correspondence using objects
• recognizing basic shapes
• using different forms of measurement
• recognizing and printing numbers

• participate in and observe experiments involving magnets, water, shadows, colors, and chemicals
• learn basic facts about plants, animals, space, and the human body
• learn and use vocabulary to describe weather and seasons
• practice making predictions

• foster creativity and imagination using and exploring a variety of materials
• develop skills in cutting, painting, tracing, and gluing
• appreciate different forms of art
• express new knowledge through their art projects

• large muscles through jumping, climbing, balancing, and throwing
• fine-motor skills by participating in activities such as beading, cutting, and tracing
• hand-eye and foot-eye coordination using bean bags, balls, and hoops

• participate in singing, dancing, marching, and using instruments
• learn about rhythm and movement
• use songs to enhance learning and listening skills
• use music for auditory discrimination